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We’d like to thank the Academy…
…and of course, the lovely Fern DesVilliers, author of the FurFiles, which we read religiously every single day. Mainly because she is an awesome lady whose sense of humour is kind of congruent with...
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Pets and the empty nest
Dear Wendy, We’ve talked a lot here about how we parents react to our kids leaving home, but lately I’ve been realizing that humans aren’t the only ones who must adjust to all the changes the empty...
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Boomer time: Take your cat for a walk!
Dear Karen, Aw, poor you. Lyra still wakes me up occasionally with a purr and a knead, but aside from that, she waits until I’m up before she starts with the more serious communication. She is a...
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On a lazy Sunday morning
…the kitties have stolen my knitting chair. But I don’t really mind. There’s always the couch. Filed under: Families Then and Now
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Instructions for using a guilt-o-meter
Dear Karen, I have news. It’s exciting news, perhaps news you weren’t ever expecting to hear from me, given Lars’ and my age. After may months pondering the pros and cons, Lars and I have finally...
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What’s new, (insane owners of) pussycat?
Dear Karen, Well, we finally did it. This past weekend, not even one full day after getting home from Copenhagen and the meal of a lifetime, we went to a little house in Kent and met our future...
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Video Sunday: The new kitten
As our regular readers know, Wendy is seriously devoted to her ragdoll cat, Lyra—so much so, that she’s decided Lyra needs a little sister or brother. Because Karen is such a loving sister, she’s...
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Hello December!
Welcome to December! We have an educational offering for you today, embracing Advent, cats (of course!) and Father Ted. There will be a quiz later, so do pay attention. First, we offer for your...
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Best Friends come in all shapes, sizes and species…
This Sunday, don’t bother going outside. It’s too cold/hot, the best place for you is sitting in your heated/air-conditioned home, drinking hot/iced coffee and watching a selection of videos,...
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Sunday fun!
Dear Readers, This week, Karen confessed to an unspeakable crime, Wendy wrote about threatening letters to her annoying neighbours and a royal baby was born (and certainly not named Oswald Peregrine,...
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Mail-order grooms and hygienic kitties
Dear Karen, Have I got a doozie for you today. I was minding my own business this weekend, just doing my usual Twitter, Facebook and WP stalking, when I came upon a web-site so radical, so romantic,...
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The intelligence of dogs and cats: A question for the ages
Dear Wendy, I was thinking about your “why don’t cats get sick from not using soap and water?” question, and have to admit I came up blank. Um, because of course they don’t? Because their spit has...
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Sunday viewing: happy, happy, happy!
Dear Readers, We love October. It’s a month of 5 family birthdays, Thanksgiving and Hallowe’en. Plus, the leaves turn that delicious colour of orange and red this month and the air becomes smoky,...
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Sochi, sociopathic kitty and Spock: our Sunday videos
Dear Readers, The Olympics have begun in Sochi. So far, the best commercial (okay, perhaps the ONLY commercial) we’ve seen that perfectly encapsulates our feelings on the games, is this one: We always...
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Awesome Advice Central is the cat’s meow!
Dear Awesome Advice Central, I’m a loving sister, you need to know that first and foremost. I adore my younger sister, and think she’s the bee’s knees, Grade A #1, Top of the Heap, Queen of All She...
View ArticleFree kittens, but not really
Dear Wendy, Rachel and I were driving down the highway yesterday when we saw the sign on a fence beside a farm’s front gate: “FREE KITTENS.” Honestly, it was all I could do not to yank the steering...
View ArticleSaturday round-up: All the news that fits
Dear Readers, Well, that was quite the week, wasn’t it? Here we go with another rollicking Saturday news round-up. To badly paraphrase some famous newspaper or another, we present all the news that...
View ArticleSunday Videos for a long weekend
Dear Readers, Simple question: is your cat a dog? Find out by watching this simple video. By the way, don’t be embarrassed if you answer “yes”. Wendy’s convinced her cat is part chihuahua. We think...
View ArticleThe Saturday Post: Oct. 18
Hello, Readers, and welcome to Saturday! This week we Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving, and for the first time in 32 years, Wendy was able to join her daughter and family in Toronto for the whole...
View ArticleOur cat swallowed string…for starters
Dear Wendy, It’s been quite the week around here, cat-wise. You might remember that about 3 years ago, Ralph the Siamese used up one of his 9 lives by eating a chunk of flip-flop-type rubber? It got...
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